Revolving firearm.



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'Applin'aton lenl Nov, 23, 1899.2

(No Model.)

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UNrrsD STATES @errent @errent GILES D. MIMS, OF

PARKSVILLE, soU'rH CAROLINA.'

nEvoLviNe rise/ien.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.

666,555, assed January 2e, 19m.

dpplioation liled November 23.1899. Serial Fo. 733.038. (No model.)

t To all whom t mrtg concern:

Be i t known that I, FREDERICKB. Porn, a citizen of the United States, residing-at Augusta, in the countyol" Richmond and State 5 of Georgia, have invented a. certain new and useful Improvement in Revolving Firearms; and I do hereby decla-re the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable` others skilled in io the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. n

My invention relates to multiple-action firearms wherein a number of shots may be iii-ed by a single retraction of the trigger.

'lhe invention relates, however, to a revolving lire-arm, pistol, shotgun, rapid-dre gun, or cannon wherein the shots may be red at very small intervals, or, if desired, single-aimed shots may he fired. The invention broadly consists' in provid ing the usual hammer with its operatinglspring,r in connection with the nenn-l forni o' trigger with its engaging spring and with spring-actuated means foi-alternately retracting the hammer and releasing it from such vretracted position, so that its spring will bring it in contact with the cartridge with su fiicient force to explode the primer therein. This means for retraction and releasing the 3o hammer consists of two -ngencies--rs the usual connection with the trigger, and, second, of a disk mounted upon an axis rotated bye. convolute spring. This disk is provided either upon its periphery or on one of the faces a jacent thereto with'a series of pins, with equal .intervals separating them. The pins may be as many in number as there are chambers in the cylinder of the revolver; but t-his'is not necessary. The periphery of the 4o disk is provided with notches which engage the trigger. It is essential that there be as many notches as there are pins. Suicien't tension being applied to the spring and the trigger being pulled, the disk will revolve, end one of its pins willems-,with the hammer' and retract it." The disk continuing to revolve, the pin will become disengaged nml will allow the hammer to be returned by its operating-spring. Means are provided to pre-` '5o vent the weapon from becoming accidentally discharged, which means may consist of a safety-catch arranged adjacent to the palm of the operator-s hand, which catch may be disengaged while aiming the revolver.o Means are also provided for giving sufficient tension to the convolnte spring, which means may consist of mechanism connected wilh'the berrel, so that when the letter is swung down upon its axis and returned to the tiring posi-Il tion the spring will have received sufficient 6o tension to discharge the weapon as many times as there are chambers iii its cylinder.

in order to better understand the nature ot' the invention, attention is directed to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of specification, and in which- Figure l is a side View, partly in sectiom'oi a revolver; and Fig. 2 is asectional View of part of the operating mechanism.

in both views like parts are designated by 7o the seme letters of reference.

The stock c, the frame b, the fore-frame c, 'the borrel CZ, and the cylinder e :tre of the nsnai design and construction. n

The barrel d is connected to end supported 75 upon'he fore-frame c by e horizontal pivotf, l so that it., with its cylinder e, may be broken down and the used cnrtridgeascs ejected end' fresh cartridges inserted in the Wellknown manner. i

The hammer g is pivoted to the frame ain the usual manner. It carries the cylinder rotating,r pawl, as is usual, and is provided with a main or hammer spring, neither ,of which is shown. Y

The disk Z is mounted upon the sleeverri, (see Fig. 2,) the latter turningvfreeiyvn-pon the shaft n., which is mounted inshesringsf within the frame b. A eonvolutcsnringzn nected thereto at one extremity, the other exlatter is supported upon the shaft n., as shown inFig.2. y An arm is rigidly eecnred either te the har 95 rel d or the pivotf. This erin is indicated by the letter b. A horizontal arm' or pinnen c is arranged under end; parnllei to tliecreframe c. The pitrnan is split or interested at d', and the inner forming the hifurcted portion, erelnotched at e nndf', which notched portions engage,

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surrounds part of the sleeve v'mland in con- 9ov tremity being fastened to an er'nrggnjwiich fscesof the two arms, roo

reepeetively, withL the topenrfl bett-mn fares of 1 n v l tne ratchet-wheel fr. An mjnetingnerew g 1 n may be 'prevalent te regulate the tension or ,the two elastic parte e' en@ f' in engagement with the michel, r.

The diei; l ie provided with e series el' pine en: the: ojeetioos t. (Shown in broken lines in i Sirene gine nreztrrezngge to engage,

l trigger 'w ie provied with en engaging finger Wnioh may engage with any of the notelies fv. The usuel triggenepring (not shown) pre- Yene the projeetien from becoming (lisengegeti. A seetyeeteli ,e may be provided to engage with one of the netchee e, which catch may be (linearer-Jeri oy preeeing upon the er era-ting portion e', arranged et the beek or the sto-ek. f l

The operation of the device is es intieme The pietol is loaded in the nenni manner.v Sneient teneien is then pnt upon the Springe. When the barrel and cylinder l(tre brokendewn :ier lenti-ing, tlleerm 6 will be 'nreed te the mer, wliieii will. eerry' the pitmen c' beelrn'erd.. The teeth oft-heliifnreeted portion j will engage with the lower portion of the reteliet fr anni will turn the @eine about heli of re veletien, teeth of the rnyteliet filippine; under the teeth et the ripper portion e', it being understood tiret the parte are nnfiioiently einen@ to allow tliie te ee tiene. 0n the :ft-@tion of the revolver being Closed, the pitnian 1: will #ne moved forward again, engging the teeth of the portion e with the upper ire-ee of the ratehe't and revolving the @eine e half-revolution in the seme direct-ien. This will apply snticient tension te the eprin o te ope-rate the herinner many times 'there are sliete tobe iirerl. The letter is kept from retating, however, ,ivy they engagement of the vtrigger incl the safety-enten. Teniseliarg'e the weapon, 'the two letter are einint. tnneonely disengtgei, which will allow the disk te rotztte in the direction of the arrow. One of the pins@ will engnge with the prejectienit entire hammer g and will retract the Seme ngeinet' the teneien et the epringk ujn/til tne diei; lies; assumed. ay position. to @aune therein to difengfie 'with tile hammer pre jentien. Tine wil their be fo-rei?) y lil-euri rimer of the eert e be immerlizttely reepplied -to the pe riphery of the disk l, it will engage with the succeeding notch nel the disk will be locked against any further movement until the trigger is again retracted. '-lliisiwill explode but one cartridge. if, lmwever, the trigger and Safety-Grten be pressed back and kept in that pesition, the disk will be free to turn and the pins t thereon will successively engage with the nrejeetion u or the hammer, altern mately firewingthe seme beek and releasing it.V The :six er seven Shots Contained in the cylinder oi the revolver een then be fired in :in exceedingly short space of time.

Hering new particularly described and itseerteiued neture of my Seid invention, what l Gleim es new therein, end, desire to secure' by Lettere Fatemi., is-

l. in 2t revolving` firearm, the hammer, the operating-spring therefor, the trigger, springactueted means for alternately reti-meting the hammer end relensingit from such retracted position, whereby a plurality ofvshots may -hy means of which it may be alternately re- .be tired in rapid sueceeeion, and means, opertructecl and released from such retracted poeition, whereby e plurality of shots may be tired in rapid sneeession, .ft spring engaging with seid disk, n retelietwlieel connected to seid spring, :unl e serreted pitmen connected tethe barrel and engegingwith seid ratchet,

whereby the seme will be turned on the break ing Clown of the fiction, substantially as eet forth.

3. in e revelvinglirenrm, the barrel, the hammer, the operating-spring therefor, the trigger, e disk, engaging with said hammer, by means el? which it may be alternately retracted and released from such retracted position., 'e .ratchet-Wheel connecting with the seid spring", end ebinreeted, serrated pitman connected to the barrel en engaging withv oppoite eiee of seid. ratchet, whereby the seme will be turned a. half-revolution by tho breaking ef the fiction, and a half-revolution by the @losing er Athe action, substantially as eetiorth.

This speeiieetien signed and witnessed this' tir (ley Novem ber, 1899. 

